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Team
Lori
Lofstrom
Chairman of the Board
Holmes and
Lofstrom, LLP
Jim Eaton
Chairman-Elect of the Board
Airdrome Precision Components
Blake Christian
Immediate Past
Chairman
of the Board
Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt
Joanne Davis
GAC Chair
The Davis Group
Randy
Gordon, ACE, IOM
President and CEO
Long Beach
Chamber
rwgordon@lbchamber.com
Shaun Lumachi
Consultant,
Public Policy
Long Beach
Chamber
shaun@chamberadvocacy.biz
Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce
Office of Government Affairs
One World Trade Center, Suite 206
Long Beach, California 90831-0206
(562) 983-1241
Office
(562) 436-7099 Fax
Government
Affairs Council (GAC)
Joanne Davis
GAC Chair
President, The Davis Group
The mission
of the Long Beach Chamber’s Government Affairs Council (GAC) is
to provide a vehicle through which the Chamber acts on local,
state and federal government issues. It strives to maintain a
good working relationship with local elected officials, creating
a favorable and positive business climate. The voting membership
of the GAC plays a vital role in the implementation of the
Chamber’s award-winning government affairs program.
GAC will consist of no more than 21
voting members. Composition shall be representative of the
general Chamber membership. The GAC Chair will be appointed by
the incoming Chairman of the Board of Directors each year and
shall serve on the Chamber board as the Vice Chairman for
Governmental and Public Affairs. GAC membership is open to all
Chamber members in good standing. GAC meetings are open to all
members of the Chamber. All elected officials representing Long
Beach or their designees are ex officio, nonvoting members of
the GAC.
Beginning in September of each year, GAC shall develop a policy
platform consistent with GAC’s mission statement of local,
state, and federal legislative issues (Policy Platform) for the
following year. The Policy Platform shall be recommended to the
Board of Directors no later than its January meeting for
discussion and approval.
The Board of Directors shall be updated each month of any
legislative positions approved by GAC. The Board of Directors
shall have the authority to modify any position of GAC.
GAC shall have the authority on behalf of the Board of
Directors, to approve any legislative positions of “support,”
“oppose” or “no position” that align with the approved policy
platform consistent with GAC’s mission statement and subject to
board of director approval or modification, subject to Board of
Directors approval or modification.
GAC members will serve a one (1) year term beginning July 1 and
ending June 30, with no term limits, and shall be appointed by
the GAC Chair. The GAC Chair will receive nomination forms for
membership from May 1 to June 15 of each year. Appointment to
the GAC will be drawn from that applicant pool. Applicant
deadline will be at 5:00pm on June 15 of each year.
GAC meets every second Thursday of each month from 7:30-9:00
a.m., except during the months of August and December. If a GAC
member accumulates more than four (4) unexcused absences a year,
the member loses voting privileges. An unexcused absence will
be charged to members if notification to the GAC Chair or the
Vice President for Government Affairs is not made prior to the
start of the GAC meeting.
Next
GAC Meeting
Second Thursday of
each month at
7:30am
Hilton
Executive
Conference
Center
World Trade
Center
Downtown
Long Beach
California
Chamber of
Commerce
Awards
2003
Advocate
Partner of
the Year
2004
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz
Best New
Program
Award
2004
Advocate
Partner of
the Year
2005
Advocate
Partner of
the Year
2006
Advocate
Partner of
the Year
2009
President's
Circle Award
Winner
2009
Political
Partner of
the Year
About
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz
Web
Site Founded |
February 3, 2003
Web Site
Officially Launched | March 27, 2003
In 2003, the Long Beach Chamber launched the first local chamber
of commerce Web-based advocacy web site in the world:
www.LongBeachAdvocacy.biz.
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is designed to interconnect all functions
of the Chamber’s award-winning government affairs program and
communicate directly with the regional, state, national and
global business community. In late 2003, the American Chamber of
Commerce Executives noted that the Long Beach Chamber’s advocacy
web site, “is considered a first in the chamber world. But it
certainly won't be the last. It’s by far the most effective
means…for communicating with legislative and regulatory bodies.”
The Western Association of Chamber Executives representing
chambers of commerce throughout the 14-western United States
awarded the advocacy Web site the prestigious “Best New Program
of 2004” award.
The goal of LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is simple. It coexists with
users committing the Chamber government affairs staff to be
responsive to feedback; It provides advertising opportunities
for Chamber members; It is content driven, updating on a daily
basis, and; it empowers the Chamber to find new ways to
effectively communicate the importance of involvement in public
policy development.
The Chamber is committed to representing the interests of
business with government. LongBeachAdvocacy.biz is a value-added
membership benefit allowing the Long Beach business community to
play an active and immediate role in issues impacting the
economic vitality of the region. In 2007, the Chamber will also
introduce new tools and services to offer users of the advocacy
web site.
LongBeachAdvocacy.biz Mission
Daily.
Interactive. Relevant. We
provide daily, interactive public policy tools relevant to
business for our membership and the Long Beach region.
Revolutionize.
Necessary. A Service Center.
We are revolutionizing business
grassroots advocacy by being the necessary business advocacy
service center for our membership and the Long Beach region.
Focus
This service enables our business
community to interact with the
Chamber's public policy work by
communicating to our local legislators
where we stand on important
business related issues.
Our Goals
1. Coexist
with users and be responsive to feedback.
2. Provide
advertising opportunities for Chamber members.
3. Content
driven, updating on a daily basis.
4. Find new
ways to effectively communicate The Chamber’s involvement in
public policy development including the status of our policy
priorities and promoting our advocacy events.
5. Build a
network of advocacy websites that share our mission and vision.
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